Digital house manual for short-term rental hosts
One link or QR code with Wi-Fi, check-in steps, appliance how-tos and local tips, for hosts with 1-5 listings.
- Micro-SaaS
- Communication & Community
- Easy build
- 4-6 weekends
- Researched by ProjPilot
The problem
Hosts answer the same guest questions about Wi-Fi, parking, trash day and the TV remote again and again. Printed binders go out of date, and message templates can't show photos or short videos. Free options are tied to one booking platform or carry sponsored recommendations, while paid tools run about $8-$12 a month per property or come bundled with operations suites.
For: Airbnb and Vrbo hosts · Co-hosts managing 1-5 listings · Bed-and-breakfast owners
Why now
AirDNA counted 1.76 million available US short-term rental listings in August 2026 and expects listings to grow just 2.7% in 2026, down from the 4.6% it forecast at the start of the year.
Demand signals
Monthly Google searches in the US, pulled 2026-09-24. These are the words people with this problem actually type.
What exists already
- Touch Stay ↗Polished guidebooks at $99/year for one property; no free plan.
- Hostfully Digital Guidebooks ↗One free guidebook that includes sponsored recommendations; Pro is $12/month per guidebook.
- Breezeway ↗Guidebook is an add-on to an operations platform priced at $19.99 per unit per month.
- Airbnb guidebooks and house manual ↗Free and built into listings, but only for Airbnb stays; guidebooks are public and the house manual shows only to confirmed guests.
MVP scope
- Guidebook builder with sections for arrival, Wi-Fi, house rules and checkout
- Photo and short-video steps for appliances and lockboxes
- Printable QR code and short link per listing
- Local recommendations on a map, with no sponsored picks
- Language switch with machine translation for guests
- Analytics on which sections guests open
How it could make money
- Free for one listing with a small footer
- $6/month per listing, or $29/month for up to 10
Suggested stack
- Astro (static guest pages)
- Cloudflare Workers + D1 + R2
- DeepL API for translation
Sources
- U.S. Review August 2026 (AirDNA, Sep 16, 2026) (accessed 2026-09-24)
- U.S. 2026 and 2027 Outlook Midyear Update (AirDNA, July 8, 2026) (accessed 2026-09-24)
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